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When I was small ….

Remember the Bee Gees’ “First of May”? Well, not that small, just before Park Si Hoo made a name for himself as an actor. In the L’Officiel Hommes interview, the translation of which we just posted, the reporter brought up PSH’s so-called debut drama in 2005 – “Delightful Girl Choon Hyang”. How many of you have seen this? How many remember PSH’s role in it? If you blink, you could miss him!

This is the way the world goes — some show their brilliance from very young and some, by the time you notice him and look back, you discover he has cast a long shadow. Park Si Hoo’s serenity is astonishing: “Isn’t there a saying that a man’s career begins to take shape at 30?”

PSH started out on the stage in 1998. When asked about that time when he was an unknown, he said: “When I first decided to be an actor, I knew the only path I could take was through a university in Seoul, so that’s why I started my acting career on the university stage.” That’s how he came to Seoul on his own without much thought. He not only learnt to act; he also acted as an understudy. “I have been in hundreds of auditions but never managed to get an opportunity.”

Since his acting debut, he has been in several nameless roles, always in the background, until he got the role in “Delightful Girl Choon Hyang” in 2005.

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His name is “#2 actress’s ex-boyfriend”, a moving backdrop, most notable scene being splashed with wine by that girl.